Jim Karls

Jim Karls is an experienced financial executive currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer at Cedar Community since November 2024. Prior to this role, Jim held the CFO position at Discovery World from November 2020 to September 2024. Jim's career also includes significant experience at Deloitte as a Manager and Finance Business Partner from December 2017 to August 2020, as well as serving as the Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis at ManpowerGroup from September 2015 to October 2017. Early career experience includes roles as Accounting Manager and Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at Brookdale from July 2008 to September 2015. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the Lubar College of Business, earned between January 1995 and January 1999, and a Diploma from Goodrich High School, completed between January 1993 and January 1995.